I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover “[An] exquisite memoir

“[An] exquisite memoir

and ultimately it's not what you do but who you are that's most important

especially from his stepdad

there's more to do than hold it

And he promised himself that—when he grew up—he’d fight injustice with the most powerful weapon of all: words

I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover “[An] exquisite memoirCelebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask (with the help of Newbery medalist Lois Lowry, former US Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis, and others), "Who do you want to be?" Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this playful poetry collection, flexing their creative muscles and bucking stereotypes. (Who says that girls can't be knights and boys can't be mermaids?) Fifteen poets write about who